Interview with Maḥmūd Aḥmad

Title:

Interview with Maḥmūd Aḥmad
مقابلة مع محمود احمد

Creator:

Interviewee: Aḥmad, Maḥmūd
Interviewer: Zaydān, Maḥmūd

Contributor:

أحمد، محمود
زيدان، محمود

Date:

2003-02-05
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Description:

Biography: The interview was recorded on February 5, 2003 with Maḥmūd Aḥmad, male, born in 1925 in al-Manshīyah, Palestine and resides in ʻAyn al-Ḥilwah Palestinian Refugee Camp, Lebanon. He worked as a soldier with the British Armed Forces during World War II.Significant figures: Mirʻī, Yūsuf (Martyr); Kāmil, Salīm (Political leader).Table of contents: Agriculture and Palestinian land sale . (@ 0:00)Table of contents: Cultural life and Palestinian songs. (@ 24:14)Table of contents: Arabic poetry . (@ 51:44)Table of contents: Employment in the British army. (@ 56:14)Table of contents: Palestine during the Arab revolt 1936-1939 . (@ 73:26)Table of contents: The events leading to the expulsion from Palestine. (@ 82:19)Table of contents: Zionist Invasion of Palestine . (@ 104:24)Table of contents: Imprisonment and killing the Palestinians. (@ 125:10)Table of contents: Revolutionary, folk, and wedding songs. (@ 139:34)Table of contents: Reunion with the family in exile. (@ 146:50)Table of contents: Final reflections . (@ 166:53)

Language:

Arabic

Type:

MovingImage

Type (Narrower):

Oral History

Type (Broader):

Video

Subject:

Agricultural income
Agricultural products
Akka (Palestine)
al-Manshīyah (Palestine)
Anti-Palestinian economic measures
British Army
British colonialism
Children's games
Death
Farmers
Haifa (Palestine)
Home demolition
Illness
Jewish settlements
Jews
Land ownership
Land sale
Military training
Nahariya (Palestine)
Safad (Palestine)
Songs
Work
World War, 1939-1945
ʻAtābah
Dowry
Emotions
Fathers
Folk poetry
Guests
Invitations
Landscapes
Manners
Marriage proposals
Means of transportation
Pre-Nakba geographical territories
Socio-economic conditions
Sūq
Wedding celebration
Wedding presents
Wives
Hebrew
Intervillage relations
Escape
Ibrāhīm, Nūḥ, 1913-1938
Marriage
Revolutionary songs
Arrest
Clothing and dresses
Collaborationists
House raid
Killing
Lawyers
Mines
Murder
Prisoners
Revolutionary leadership
Shootings
Village siege
Abdullah, King of Jordan, 1882-1951
Arab-Jewish relations
Deception
Displacement
Fārūq of Egypt, 1920-1965
Fidā’iyyīn
Ḥarakat al-Qawmiyyīn al-ʻArab
Histadrut
Jamʻiyyat al-ʻUmmāl al-ʻArabīyah al-Filasṭīnīyah
Jewish neighbors
Martyrs
Mayors
Palestinian-Jewish relations
Land partition
Peres, Shimon, 1923–2016
Qassām, ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1871–1935
Ṭāhā, Sāmī, 1916-1947
Weapons
Zionist Invasion of Palestine, 1948
al-Difāʻ (Newspaper)
Arab Salvation Army
Attack
Druzes
Guards
Identity cards
Military strategy
Military withdrawal
Prisoners' treatment
Radio stations
Slaughter
Truces
ʻAtlit (Prison: Palestine)
al-Hayb (Arab tribe)
Bombings
Brutal treatment
Circassians
Crimes against humanity
Family structure
Friday prayers
International Committee of the International Committee of the Red Cross
Iraqi Army
Massacres
Pregnancies
Theft
Women
Zionist occupation
al-Ḥusaynī, Amīn, 1895-1975
al-Qāwūqjī, Fawzī, 1890-1977
Expulsion from Palestine
Ḥusaynī, ʻAbd al-Qādir Mūsá, 1908-1948
Qassām, ʻIzz al-Dīn, 1871-1935
Brothers
Dispersion
Family reunification
House burning
Israeli Invasion of Lebanon, 1982
Jerusalem (Palestine)
Lebanon
Money
Relay of memories
Conduct of life
Enemies
Folk songs
Honor
Palestinian national identity
Women education
Agriculture--Palestine--20th century
Palestine--Social life and customs--20th century
Palestine--History--Arab rebellion, 1936-1939
Palestine--Zionist colonization--History--To 1948
Palestine--History--Zionist invasion, 1948
Palestine--Ethnic relations--History--20th century
Expulsion--Palestine--History--20th century
Battles--Palestine--History--To 1948
Jews--Palestine--History--20th century
Massacres--Palestine--20th century
Zionist settlement--Palestine--History--To 1948
Political prisoners--Palestine--20th century
War and families--Palestine--20th century

Geographic region:

Village: al-Manshīyah

Extent:

Duration: 03:08:15

Rights:

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The copyright holder of this interview is the Nakba Archive, all rights reserved.

Identifier:

nn_0152_mahmud_ahmad.xml

Format:

video
mp4

Is part of:

POHA, Al-Nakba Collection

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